Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-16

Lucorn6, baSl6, thai, Hamburg-another cratic and illogi- | cal route, indicating apparently turning l of ones nose towards home; not 8 turning | away of it from this side with disgust, but turning of it back towards the home side l with perfumed "reminiscences of the com forts and delicacies thereof In Basic an is presented for the display of courage. If an ignorant young man were to walk into a beer saloon and mildly ask, t'What is beer!" the probabilities are that he would be regarded as ''natural," " laughed at and perhaps fired out. What beer is to other places "leckerly" is to Basic. You see the name in every other shop window. Your curiosity is highly excited, and yet for fear of "giving yourself away" you dare not go in and ask the simple question, What is leckerlys" You are tempted to give the po- lite waiter sums of money and bid him buy the commodity. But what would he come back with and what would you do with it, and how wouldn't he smile? A young lady
 who sat next to me at the table d'hote asked an elderly gentleman next to her, whom l took to be her uncle, the awful question.
 "Ohl ah! Ohl ah! It's licorice, my dear,
 licorice. And as the old gentleman caught
 my eye he knew that I knew that he was
 lying. There are times when one must lie;
 when it is necessary not only to support
 per self-respect, but to retain position.
 That was case in point. The old gentle
 man could not afford to belittle himself in
 the eyes of his niece by confesslng ignorance.
 That would have terminated authority. He
 knew he ought to know, and licorice is so
 or1x &1oh &ho oT.
 mirable. Still he scowled for the rest of the
 day and left in the morning, hinging back at
 me glance of mad defiance. 1 made up
 my mind that would carry the burden of my weakness no longer. Every now and then am in Basic, and every time here are those hateful signs deriaing me. found within block or two of the hotel about dozen places where the thing was sold. l limited myself to three run by women. l then watched till one of the three was emp ty of customers. Then I boldly entered and put the question as if it had just occurred to me, though I have been it's victim for twenty years at least. I suppose many of your readers know what leckerly is It is cake made of honey; something like the French l ''rain d'epice." Before I had quite recov- cred my self possession found I had bought about five pounds of the stuff and that the woman was doing them up. re entered | the hotel with my bundle and with an air of perfect unconcern-for in comparison with the purchase the act of bearing in the spells was of small heroism. reached my room | in safety, barring chuckle from the cham | bermaid, who with her eagle eye saw through \ the whole thing. It took five franc piece to close that eagle eye. One taste of the | thing was enough for me. My room over- l looked the river. At midnight l quietly 1 dropped the bundle and I trust the fish of the Rhine are the happier in consequence.
 | If you want to be perfectly miserable for N ok,,o a1, 4oJ~a 4ha {-o5 1yrr Basic at 9:05 a. m. for Frankfort. Select a hot day. If the hot day be preceded by oth- CT hot days the experiment will be the more satisfactory. This part of the Rhine valley I is totally without interest and is only re- ! markable for the extra amount of heat with
 which the suns rays favor it. There IS dust enough along the route to powder all Chris l tendon The cars are small and stuHy There is not stop on the whole journey of ! six hours long enough to do anything but snatch glass of bad tepid beer. Every piece of baggage checked must be paid fol
 extra if it only weighs pound; consequent ly travellers crowd into the carriages every thing they can, saving their purse at the ex
 pense of their comfort If after six hours
 of such journeying you are not disposed te
 return with me to the land Of ice water ano
 bathing tubs then you are no true citizen oi the United States. In my compartment wal
 an old German baron, cross, testy, ina sinine
 the world made for himself alone, his wift
 English, sick, forlorn, neglected, miserable l a French maid, whose duty it was to tak'
 care of the old lady, but who found greater
 satisfaction in receiving the old baron's egle
 and in replying in kind to his silly French
 speeches-the old lady evidently could no
 understand word of French-hnally 1
 daughter, ugly, frumpy, evidently widow
 and two children. They brought in witt
 them at least twenty-five packages of al l sizes and shapes, and when they and thel
 bundles were in place there wasn't mother
 son or daughter of us could wag toe or
 finger. Such are some of the delights O
 | European summer travelling. My trunks tourney cost fourteen francs and sixty cents Frankfort is sort of stop-over place. Flo , l all travellers care it might as well be out o
 existence-with the exception of the hotel
 ! of course It has ceased to be the fashiol to call on Datmeskeri Ariadne. She belong ) | to the Greek slave style of sculpture and l entirely out of date. Modern taste demand 1 something suggestive of life; is not satishe
 with semblances of limbs and features an with smooth marble surfaces. One would b , justified in asserting that DsAnecker neye l saw naked woman in his life long enoug to get over blushing and study her anatom
 affair It is nothing but badly prepol
 toned room since the empire has taken u 5 it's residence in Berlin. The cathedral neve amounted to much. There are some goo , pictures in the Stadel museum, but man
 more abominable ones. Frankfort is still , great center of trade, and still possesses : perfection the aboriginal Jew type. 4 , home we have German Jews, Spanish Jew ' English Jews and Polish Jews, and they a ? differ the one from the other. Here Frankfort is the original type, wonderfull t preserved from which all Jews are derived g | It is full of force; very strong in character
 ! When you see it it strikes you with sue power that at first you don't think of it l connection with age or sex. It is only after r wards you discover that you are looking at I | baby or grandfather. It looks as if nott ing could possibly change it, as if it Woul remain as created till the end of time IN 9 | theory of evolution can be thought Of l ! connection with this wonderful type. l ha heard of it before, but had never seen I
 and never shall forget it. Jews the worl over should hold those possessing It Tn ss
 cred reverence and see that no harm come
 near them. So Abraham looked, so Lazart a will look when reposing in Abrahams o' a som.
 l. By the by a diversion Travellers in Ge
 many cannot have failed to notice late ). a queer placard carried by certain soldier T Passing you might possibly catch a wol s or two: s.Wicht todten kaiserlief Betehl l. "Sinks," &c But you hardly presumed look, fearing that each yoor chap was ing punished for some offence, and that d was the part of kindness to turn the ey d away. On the contrary it seems that the q men are doing most useful work in | . cause of science. As is well known, t @ German drill has for it's object the COT = plete and harmonious development of G. ,f man physique and intellect Harmony is .t great point. especially in the physical depal ment. A German recruit is taught to fen r. with both hands. There is as much zoe D. step exercise for one leg as for the other. of is not allowed to write with the right ha